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who can forget superstorm sandy? neighborhoods along the northeast swept away. millions without power, and damages as high as $50 billion, raising lots of questions about u.s. infrastructure and whether we should be spending money to fix it. >> number five, china. is china slowing or is china leading the world? we know that china will be the biggest economy in the world by 2020, for sure by 2030. >> china. >> china. >> china also getting more than a few mentions in the presidential campaign. probably because it's pretty clear china is boast a competitor and a partner. >> number four, europe. the european union was frared by too much debt and the austerity plan to fix it. that saga is far from over. number three, the housing market, finally, finally bottomed out. the combination of low home prices and continued record-low mortgage rates set off a building and buying spree. well heeled investors began buying entire neighborhoods, but first-time buyers were also able to get a home of their own for the first time in years, as long as they had a hefty downpayment. >>
who can forget superstorm sandy? neighborhoods along the northeast swept away. millions without power, and damages as high as $50 billion, raising lots of questions about u.s. infrastructure and whether we should be spending money to fix it. >> number five, china. is china slowing or is china leading the world? we know that china will be the biggest economy in the world by 2020, for sure by 2030. >> china. >> china. >> china also getting more than a few mentions in the...
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he found himself in a bit of hot water for making nice with president obama in the wake of hurricane sandy. >> 2.8 million people without power. i've watched these extraordinary scenes over new jersey today, really quite unprecedented. i've never seen anything quite like it. have you ever seen anything like this in your lifetime? >> no, i haven't. you know, you see sights like the seaside heights board walk where the program "the jersey shore" is filmed, the board walk is gone. it is gone. music rides, roller coaster ride, in the ocean. it's incredible. homes destroyed. it's an awful thing. >> you've taken charge, as you've always done in these situations, in a very impressive way. people have been surprised you've been so outspokenly supportive and praiseworthy to the president. i'm not surprised knowing you but explain to me why you were happy to do that so close to an election when some might say politically that wasn't the best thing to do. >> this is much more important than any election, piers. this is the livelihood of the people in my state. when the president does this evenings th
he found himself in a bit of hot water for making nice with president obama in the wake of hurricane sandy. >> 2.8 million people without power. i've watched these extraordinary scenes over new jersey today, really quite unprecedented. i've never seen anything quite like it. have you ever seen anything like this in your lifetime? >> no, i haven't. you know, you see sights like the seaside heights board walk where the program "the jersey shore" is filmed, the board walk is...
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who can forget superstorm sandy? neighborhoods along the northeast swept away. millions without power, and damages as high as $50 billion, raising lots of questions about u.s. infrastructure and whether we should be spending money to fix it. >> number five, china. is china slowing or is china leading the world? we know that china will be the biggest economy in the world by 2020, for sure by 2030. >> china. >> china. >> china also getting more than femeio ith pannud co-l pirti byewee o le3% to a f owfo t utestates. >> number eight, facebook's ipo, hundreds of millions of people like facebook, but investors did not in its first day as a trading company. questions about nasdaq and the company's ability to make money on mobile users pummeled the stock which has yet to climb back to its ipo price. >> number seven, mother meyer. the new ceo of yahoo, who announced she was just going to take a two-week maternity leave as she tried to turn the company around. looks like a mother's touch is just what yahoo needed. >> number six, mother nature. a drought in the midwest th
who can forget superstorm sandy? neighborhoods along the northeast swept away. millions without power, and damages as high as $50 billion, raising lots of questions about u.s. infrastructure and whether we should be spending money to fix it. >> number five, china. is china slowing or is china leading the world? we know that china will be the biggest economy in the world by 2020, for sure by 2030. >> china. >> china. >> china also getting more than femeio ith pannud co-l...
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will the new concern about sandy hook draw new attention to this old and enduring problem? progress is the way we talk about this debate. here's new york mayor cory booker on sunday. >> what frustrates me about this debate is it's a false debate, this is a false debate. this is a convenient tip to try to split our country more. most agree to stop the carnage going on in cities all across america. >> booker's premise is there is a consensus on gun regulations but the nra has artificially frozen that debate. other reformers say for a real breakthrough, supporters of gun regulation need a clear political enemy to organize against. nick confessore, i'm going to you, nra has money and members and we talked a lot in the past days since this shooting about their role in the political debate. is it also possible, though, what's happened is a one-sided debate about to become a two-sided debate because the president of the united states says this is going to be a priority in his state of the union? >> certainly a priority if the president wants to advance it. he has the biggest bully
will the new concern about sandy hook draw new attention to this old and enduring problem? progress is the way we talk about this debate. here's new york mayor cory booker on sunday. >> what frustrates me about this debate is it's a false debate, this is a false debate. this is a convenient tip to try to split our country more. most agree to stop the carnage going on in cities all across america. >> booker's premise is there is a consensus on gun regulations but the nra has...
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i think it was mastercard spending pulse saying it actually not the fiscal cliff, it was superstorm sandy. >> right. adam: at the end. day are consumers pulling back? doesn't matter if it was the storm or fear they're pulling back, right. >> that was a real good point you made. mastercard said this these numbers were becoming a concern for the consumer back in october. the national retail federation had projected holiday sales would go up about 4.1%. adam: yep. >> that is some growth but it is nowhere near the 5.6% we saw last year. there is a little bit of a slowdown. also we have to look at the consumer sentiment numbers. it is coming in at the month of december around 72 points. that is 10 points less than at its high in july. so we're definitely seeing that consumer slowdown happen even way before the fourth quarter. adam: you're with the nrf. you're with the national retail federation, are you not. >> no. i'm an independent analyst. adam: excuse me. a lot of people like the nrf but what are the repercussions whether for the nrf or anybody? nrf, they're sticking to it. they're not rev
i think it was mastercard spending pulse saying it actually not the fiscal cliff, it was superstorm sandy. >> right. adam: at the end. day are consumers pulling back? doesn't matter if it was the storm or fear they're pulling back, right. >> that was a real good point you made. mastercard said this these numbers were becoming a concern for the consumer back in october. the national retail federation had projected holiday sales would go up about 4.1%. adam: yep. >> that is some...
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good news for the jersey shore as they continue to recover from hurricane sandy. now, looking where we will see heavy snow. a big snowmaker for the northeast. much of new england will be impacted as well as the great lakes and the areas in purple, over a foot of snow. so really the last thing you want at such a busy holiday week with so many people traveling. a look at snowfall totals and warnings. memphis getting snow, heavy amounts of snow for the heartland, including paducah, kentucky, cape girardeau, missouri. up to a foot of snow in western pennsylvania, scranton hit hard and much of new hampshire, pretty much the whole state, vermont. boston a little bit, new york city a little bit. not too bad. you will manage. jersey shore and further off to the atlantic, spared from the storm. this is good news this will come in for many people traveling this week. bad timing as we look toward the holidays. so far, we have a foot of snow on the ground. i want to point out in arkansas, how unusual this is to have christmas day. yesterday falling. only happens once a decade
good news for the jersey shore as they continue to recover from hurricane sandy. now, looking where we will see heavy snow. a big snowmaker for the northeast. much of new england will be impacted as well as the great lakes and the areas in purple, over a foot of snow. so really the last thing you want at such a busy holiday week with so many people traveling. a look at snowfall totals and warnings. memphis getting snow, heavy amounts of snow for the heartland, including paducah, kentucky, cape...
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recently when hurricane sandy hit it caused a blizzard in elkins, west virginia, all the crew that joined me, our camera crew ourself, we layered our clothing but we endured three feet of snow in a snow blizzard condition. so the right thing to do was make sure we got in and out to stay warm. what is your advice on people caught in this blizzard going across the country, the significance of this snowfall that's happening? >> well, i think certainly if you don't have to be out in it, stay at home and stay off the roadways. kelly: good advice. >> i think if you do have to be out in it, be out with a partner, with someone who can watch over you and you watch over them and make sure you do take care to notice signs and symptoms. kelly: a fair warning to those of you who are out there in these kinds of elements, be careful when you're near trees, they will snap, they can fall and can cause serious injury and if not even cause death. doc, thanks. >> thank you so much for having me today. kelly: all right, thank you. jamie: stoves are not heaters. kelly: exactly. very good point. jamie: i was th
recently when hurricane sandy hit it caused a blizzard in elkins, west virginia, all the crew that joined me, our camera crew ourself, we layered our clothing but we endured three feet of snow in a snow blizzard condition. so the right thing to do was make sure we got in and out to stay warm. what is your advice on people caught in this blizzard going across the country, the significance of this snowfall that's happening? >> well, i think certainly if you don't have to be out in it, stay...
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it quickly reply to that republican, the bill but the senators tried to pass, a 60,000 billion for sandy on the east pork inhere's a lot of that. call your delegates. my question to you, in regard to what i've heard on president obama in regard to social security is trying to incorporate changes cpi -- chained cpi. a person would pay $1,200 more in one year and over. 30 years, $28,000. could you go in depth on that for me? guest: there are different ways of computing the consumer price index. one of those is to change how much we saved for food and shelter and so forth for the proportions of the previous year as opposed to a base year. that gives you a somewhat lower rate of inflation. economists would argue that is more realistic and a fairer way to index and the government benefits. i have a problem with that. as an economist, i'm interested in perfection of measurement. as a guide u.s. to operate in washington, i am also concerned with equity. older folks really have a different basket of goods than and people. when was the last time grandma and grandpa went out and bought a suite of
it quickly reply to that republican, the bill but the senators tried to pass, a 60,000 billion for sandy on the east pork inhere's a lot of that. call your delegates. my question to you, in regard to what i've heard on president obama in regard to social security is trying to incorporate changes cpi -- chained cpi. a person would pay $1,200 more in one year and over. 30 years, $28,000. could you go in depth on that for me? guest: there are different ways of computing the consumer price index....